Word: governor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That codfish on the license plates has been a great advertisement," remarked Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of motor vehicles, whose dismissal is being threatened by Governor Alvan T. Fuller, as he stuck a small codfish pin onto a CRIMSON reporter's lapel in his office on Commonwealth Pier yesterday...
Regarding his controversy with Governor Fuller, Goodwin remarked that he would "sit tight, as there are many more powers, aside from the governor's necessary to remove me from my position...
Harvard contended that Governor Smith had not shown himself to be nationally minded, that he is "wet" in practice as well as in theory, and described him as "a man with a broad smile, an affable winning personality, and, in fact, a great old scout...
...Columbia arguers attacked the present national administration, asserting that Smith could not possibly commit worse errors of diplomacy. They further argued that he had shown that "the best economy is the wise spending of money", and that "there is no valid reason to doubt the ability of Governor Smith to handle any sort of an affair," His record in state administration was cited as proof...
After the debate the Harvard orators volunteered to answer any questions that the audience might wish to ask about the presidential qualifications of Governor Al Smith. A great many questions were asked by men and women alike and this proved the most interesting part of the debate. This innovation in debating was so successfully carried out that Coach E. M. Rowe II, states that it will be continued in the coming debates...